Comments | devotedtodreams: Now who am I supposed to be rooting for...?

devotedtodreams

Now who am I supposed to be rooting for...?

Jun 26, 2010 23:45

Aw man, now the American soccer team is also kicked out of the World Cup! Crap! I prayed so hard for them... (And I was more confident than when I watched Switzerland playing, believe me.) Not to mention that I quickly created something I could hold up instead of an American flag:

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procrastinating, hetalia, soccer, world cup 2010, usa

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ahmerst June 26 2010, 22:41:59 UTC

My heart shattered into a million little pieces at the end of today's game! I was rooting so dang hard for America, and was really close to swearing like a sailor when Ghana got their second goal.

I won't lie, I was honestly close to tears at the end of the game. USA was trying so hard. I'm so proud of them and how much effort they put into the game, they were really going all out.

As for tomorrow's math with England vs Germany, I think I'll catch the second half of it. As much as I want to watch from the start, it airs beginning at 7 am, and I generally do not get up at 7 am on Sundays. When it comes to who I wan't to win, well, I kind of want Germany to win.

I adore England to bits, but, and this is going to sound so awful, I want England booted out in the same round we are so we can be losers together. Equally matched losers, really ( ... )

devotedtodreams June 26 2010, 23:04:15 UTC

So did mine... and surprisingly enough (since I'm anything but really fond of soccer), I nearly cried too when the game was over. My parents watched the match in a pub in Scotland, and as soon as it was over, my Mom wrote me an SMS saying: "Shit!" That was all. And I agreed ( ... )

ahmerst June 27 2010, 01:37:03 UTC

Yeah, too often teams are deemed failures because of the simple truth that they didn't win. Despite the USA getting the boot, to me they are winners! Also, 'tear them part' isn't at all weird, even if it's a direct translation. Actually, I think it may have weaseled its way into English under the guise of "rip them to shreds". Heck if I know, really! Though, I always do love to learn new sayings, especially ones from different countries ( ... )

devotedtodreams June 27 2010, 11:13:13 UTC

Pity, isn't it? It was the same thing in the Alpine World Ski Championships - one day, a Swiss dude won a race and was a hero, but he didn't do so well in the next one, and then the papers said that he's "losing his touch" and shit. Same thing with Roger Federer (tennis)... I'm really sick of it, and I always think: "Give them a break, for heaven's sake! They're just human ( ... )